The Gilchrist Center

BNIM recently collaborated with PLaN Architecture (lead designer) to develop the design concept for The Gilchrist Learning Center, a free-standing addition to the Sioux City Art Center (SCAC). The facility provides art studios and public interaction space that expands the teaching mission of SCAC. Composed of four white, solid, rectangular volumes, the addition complements the animated façade of the original building, and serves as neutral ‘canvas’ for the adjacent sculpture garden. Each volume houses a unique component of the educational program—a ceramics studio, two art-making studios, and a classroom—and are connected by a collaboration, display, and critique space that defines pedestrian circulations and hosts additional building activities.